Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The biggest policy mistake of the last decade – The Week
- Tesla whistleblower tweets details about allegedly flawed cars, scrapped parts – CNBC
- S.E.C. Is Said to Subpoena Tesla After Elon Musk’s Take-Private Tweet – NY Times
- Companies Shouldn’t Be Accountable Only to Shareholders – WSJ
- U.S. Pursues One of the Biggest Mortgage-Fraud Probes Since the Financial Crisis – NY Times
- Investors Abandon Risk as Economic Fears Grip Markets – WSJ
- Cryptocurrency investor robbed via his cellphone account sues AT&T for $224 million over loss – CNBC
- The Man Who Triggered a $10 Billion Commodity Collapse Finally Speaks – Bloomberg
- Measuring global economic activity – Econbrowser
- Bond Traders Are Taking Every Opportunity to Fade the Steepener – Bloomberg
- Coinbase Says It Was Signing Up 50,000 Users a Day – Bloomberg
- Emerging markets index falls into bear territory – FT
- Billionaires Druckenmiller, Soros Throw Weight Behind Oil Rally – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Elizabeth Warren has a plan to save capitalism – VOX
- Documents Reveal Successful Cyberattack in California Congressional Race – Rolling Stone
- Trump Says His Tariffs Will Rescue U.S. Steel Industry – WSJ
- Overdose Deaths Reached Record Level of 72,000 in 2017, New Estimates Show – NY Times
- Americans Are Spending Like Crazy at Restaurants – Bloomberg
- U.S. Pursues One of the Biggest Mortgage-Fraud Probes Since the Financial Crisis – WSJ
- Trump is preparing to expand ’Buy America’ rules to include government infrastructure projects – CNBC
- Economists warn on dominance of US corporate giants – FT
- Chicago-area manufacturer to lay off 150 people, move operations to Mexico, to avoid tariffs on Chinese metal – Chicago Tribune
- Electric Scooters Have Plenty Of Haters In LA, But Their Fans Won’t Hear It – BuzzFeed
- Trump boasts about ‘great new trade deals.’ So far, he hasn’t finalized any. – Washington Post
- Productivity in U.S. Climbs 2.9%, Fastest Pace in Three Years – Bloomberg
- Corker compares revoking security clearances to Venezuela’s dictatorship – Politico
Europe:
- Chris Grayling has no credible plan for ’no-deal’ Brexit, road hauliers warn – The Telegraph
- Mystery Russian satellite raises US alarm – BBC
- Hungary’s Leader Was Shunned by Obama, but Has a Friend in Trump – NY Times
- More Bridges Will Collapse – The Atlantic
- Royal Bank of Scotland Agrees to Pay $4.9 Billion for Financial Crisis-Era Misconduct – US DOJ
- Top pay in UK up by 11% as workers’ wages fail to match inflation – The Guardian
Asia:
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- Why Facebook is losing the war on hate speech in Myanmar – Reuters
- From laboratory in far west, China’s surveillance state spreads quietly – Reuters
- The Looming Crypto War With China – Forbes
- From laboratory in far west, China’s surveillance state spreads quietly – Reuters
- Hong Kong Monetary Authority intervenes in currency market for first time since May – SCMP
- China Freezes Game Approvals Amid Agency Shakeup – Bloomberg
- Missed Bond Payment in Xinjiang Stirs Chinese Debt Fears – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- Government Denounces Blatant Racism, Calls For Return To Thinly Veiled Racism – The Shovel
- The transfer of $443.8m to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation will cost taxpayers another $11m in public debt interest, Labor’s treasury spokesman Chris Bowen says – The Guardian
- ‘Whole thing is a mystery’: Reef Foundation windfall hits private fund – The SMH
- Underpayment of workers not ‘wage theft’, employer groups tell inquiry – The Guardian
- Adviser to Fraser Anning quits over ‘final solution’ maiden speech – The SMH
- Andrew Denton to lobby PM on vote for assisted dying bill – The SMH
- The federal government’s controversial e-health records system has been referred to a parliamentary inquiry to examine possible security weaknesses – The SMH
- Rising out-of-pocket medical costs force more than 1m Australians to put off doctor visits: report – ABC
- Foreign military contractors have been awarded a staggering $73 billion in contracts – Michael West
- Turnbull, #Reefgate lies and UNESCO – Independent Australia
- Government in breach of its own Senate racism motion – New Daily
- ‘Afraid to use Medicare’: Citizenship queue blows out 300 per cent – The SMH
- Telstra’s full-year profit falls 8pc to $3.6n as NBN rollout erodes business – ABC
- Australian e-waste tracked to Thai junkyard likely violated international convention, expert says – ABC
- It’s all bad’: Earliest total fire bans on record an ominous sign – The SMH
- WA state treasurer’s all-expenses-paid China trip linked to controversial billionaire, communist regime – The SMH
- Coalition MPs lobby colleagues against crossing the floor on energy – The Guardian
- Twyford’s action plan to abate construction sector woes – Interest.co.nz